Marmaduke (disambiguation)
Marmaduke is a syndicated comic strip and the name of its main character, a Great Dane.
"Marmaduke" may also refer to:
People
"Marmaduke" is a boy's name of Irish and Gaelic origin, and has been variously interpreted as meaning "follower of Saint Maedoc"[1] or as "leader of the seas".
Surname
- John S. Marmaduke, Confederate general
- Meredith Miles Marmaduke, eighth governor of Missouri
- Thomas Marmaduke, English explorer, sealer, whaler
Given name
- Marmaduke Barton (1865–1938), English pianist
- Marmaduke Constable, 15th-century English soldier
- Marmaduke Davenport, pseudonym for British confidence trickster Alexander Day
- Marmaduke Grove, (his name erroneously spelled Marmaduque; 1878-1954). Chilean Air Force officer and political figure
- Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley, chairman of the BBC.
- Marmaduke Langdale, High Sheriff of Yorkshire
- Marmaduke Lawson (1840–1896), British botanist
- Marmaduke Lumley, 15th-century English priest
- Marmaduke Pattle, RAF flying ace
- Marmaduke Pickthall, Islamic scholar
- Marmaduke Tunstall, English ornithologist
- Marmaduke Tweng, 13/14th century, English knight and captain during the Wars of Scottish Independence
- Marmaduke Williams, U.S. congressman from North Carolina
- Marmaduke Wyvill, several, including:
- Marmaduke Wyvill (chess player), English chess master
Nickname
- John Dawson, known as "Marmaduke", American country-rock musician
- John Smoltz, known as "Smoltzie" and "Marmaduke", American baseball pitcher
Places
United States
Entertainment
- Marmaduke (film), a 2010 film based on the comic strip
- Marmaduke Brooker, a character from the TV series Carpoolers, played by T. J. Miller
- Marmaduke Duke, Scottish rock duo
- Marmaduke "Chuffy" Chuffnell, 5th Baron Chuffnell, a fictional character in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves novels
- Marmaduke, a fictional character in the Demon Princes series by Jack Vance
- Marmaduke (Duke) Rosenly, full name of collie dog character in The Space Gypsy Adventures
References
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